fresh theater… with bite.
THE BERKSHIRE BAT brings a downtown independent theater vibe to the Sheffield MA, with top-notch performers in groundbreaking new plays – as well as classic works reimagined. The theater we love to present is visually rich, often incorporating masks, puppets, or music. We rely on strength of story, actors, and carefully-chosen images to provide spectacle.
In doing so, we hope to leave the audience enlightened, engaged… and most of all: entertained.
Why “The Berkshire Bat”?
The Berkshire Bat is a descendent of The Bat Theater, a NYC company of the 1990s, which involved some of the same theater-makers.
Like the beloved, mysterious night-fliers, we have no permanent home - but we roost where we are warmly welcomed.
Meet the Team
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Ed Valentine
Executive Director
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Jennifer Laine Williams
Artistic Director
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Marnie Joyce
Managing Director
Upcoming
January 2023
Sheffield, MA
A wintertime treat: a full production of soon-to-be-announced new work!
DETAILS COMING SOON!
PAST EVENTS:
GHOST WRITERS
Bushnell Sage Library, Oct. 22, 2022
Short, spooky readings of new works by playwrights Itai Grunfeld, Liz Hara, Len Jenkin, Emma Layden, Joe Lyman, James P. Sheehan, & Ed Valentine
PRIDE PLAYREADINGS
Bushnell-Sage Library, June 20, 2021
Short plays written by LGBT+ community playwrights Joe Lyman, Jane Shepard, Ed Valentine, & Kathleen Warnock
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